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I'm kind of keen on self sufficiency, and since it is springtime here in NZ, and I have a patch of cultivated Urtica dioeca (European stinging nettle), and have my own hives, I have made a nettle "beer". I know it's not really 'mead', but it is honey, so... The recipe: To make 1 gallon: 4...

OK, so this has probably been asked since the invention of glass...Is it better to bottle a mead into clear, green, brown, or other coloured glass? I am ruling out PET plastic bottles because, although they are cheaper, I don't like the idea of having an alcoholic brew in an environment...

Hey all, As a member of the beekeeping fraternity here in Auckland NZ, I'd like to introduce some of my fellow beekeeping members to another one of my absorbing hobbies: making mead! I think as far as recipes go, it looks like a BOMM would be the best for the total nu-bees of brewing that most...

I am brand new to this forum, but my first successful batch was derived from a vanilla mead (minus the vanilla!) on this site. The base had black tea (for tannin I suppose), and the result is very smooth and drinkable after only a couple of months. The next batch is the same, but with spiced...